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proportioned strong limbs, and was exalted to the place of honour; 
Mr. Lawrence Drew producing another powerful good colt to 
take second prize. The parents of " Rose of England," " Duke," 
and " Ventnor," were both prize-takers. The Suffolk two-vear- 
olds formed a pretty lot of five. !Mr. W. Toller furnished the 
prize-winners in " Ada," compact and handsome, and " M\Ttle," 
with capital shoulders, was almost equally good. Yearling cart 
geldings and fillies formed another large Class of 15 entries, of 
no small merit. The Earl of Ellesmere's very fine bay fillv, 
which has immense substance for her age, gained first honour ; 
the showy chestnut filly " Princess," belonging to Mr. J. Walter, 
M.P., which has carried off firsts this season at Abingdon and 
Henley, received second prize, while the third was Mr, Miller's 
" Hebe," a lengthy and good bay filly. 
The remarks of the Judges are as follow : — 
As a whole we consider the show of carthorses good, the weak j^art beins; 
the Clydesdales, which were not up to the standard of excellence we expected 
to have seen after the glowing reports we read, and the marvellous prices 
they make. 
Classes 1 and 2 we noted good, with a strong entry of 16 each. No. 12 
is a fine upstanding colt, with excellent fore-legs, bone, and feet, and, but for 
misplaced hind-legs, would be quite first-class. No. 5 is a stylish baj-, hardly 
wide enough, elbows tucked in, with light thighs. Ko. 4 is a remarkably short- 
legged heavy colt, good bone, but a little short of hair. Xo. 24, in the older 
Class, is a grand specimen of what a carthorse should be — short-legged, a long 
horse, with a short back, a rare constitution, and active. Xo 36, the chestnut, 
is a w-onderful mover, with great muscular power and substance, though a trifle 
low in the back. No. 39, the roan, is very level and quite a carthorse, but 
has unsightly-looking coronets, which the veterinaries passed as sound. No. 22 
jS a big, commanding-looking one, but too high on the legs. 
Class 3. — We may congratulate North Waiwickshire farmers that, by 
offering so good a prize as 60?. they have secured nearly the best horse in 
the Show to travel their county. He will no doubt do great service to the 
county, for he is veiy good-looking, active, with a level top and famous feet 
and legs. No. 48 is of a different type altogether ; however, he is very short- 
legged, with good bone. 
Classes 4 and 5 we were much disappointed in : they were not good. 
Nearly every one had badly-fonned fore-legs, many calf-kneed. No. 59 is just 
a useful, hardy, short-legged colt, very handsome, but scarcely looks a young 
Clydesdale. No 52 has short ribs, and No. 55 is a big plain one. No. 63, 
in the older Class, has nothing particularly striking about him, unless it is his 
small pony head. No. 60 is of a better type, and has probably been a good 
horse ; but his day is gone for the Showyard, his sides and back have drooped 
away. He has, however, the best legs exhibited of this breed. About tlie 
best in the class, No. 14, was lame. * 
Classes 6 and 7 came out in strong force, and the breed was well repre- 
sented, the county prize horees being successful. No. 76 is a colt of very great 
power and activity, full of bone, with capital feet and a rare constitution, 
promises to grow to a grand horse. No. 73 is full of quality, with a rare con- 
stitution, a good mover, but a trifle short of bone. No. 67 is a nice active colt. 
No. 79 is a true Suflblk stamp, and short-legged, hardy, and active. No. 84 
is very active, with capital feet and legs, and being only three years old should 
